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OLD STERLING TOWNSHIP 

BURYING GROUND, ONECO, 

CONNECTICUT 



EMMA FINNEY WELCH 
1909 




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OLD STERLING TOWNSHIP 

BURYING GROUND, ONECO, 

CONNECTICUT 



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1909 






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JOHN and GEORGE DORRANCE, with their families and the Rev. Samuel Dorrance, 
Scotch-Irish Presbyterians, emigrated from Ulster Co., in the north of Ireland, before April 
17, 1723. (Records of the First-Church of Voluntown.) 

John and George Dorrance settled in that part of Connecticut afterward included in 
the township of Foster, Rhode Island. The Rev. Samuel Dorrance, their brother (Volun- 
town Land Records, 1 72 1 -1 730, Part I, 202), married Elizabeth Smith, August I, 1726, 
and lived between Sterling Hill and Oneco, in that part of Voluntown Township afterward 
included in the township of Sterling, Connecticut. 

The following inscriptions were copied in the order in which they stand, beginning 
with the first row and reading from left to right. First row, Nos. I-I3; second row, Nos. 
14-19; third row, Nos. 20-31; fourth row, Nos. 32-33. 



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HORACE 

son of MR JAMES DOR 

RANGE & MRS ESTHER his 

wife who died Feb 

the9»^ 1803 

Aged 3 years and 6 

months 



In Memory of MRS 

MARY Daitgh' of MR 

JAMES & MRS ELIZABETH 

DORRANCE who died May 

4'}" 1777 in y^ 3 1 ^t Year of 

her age 

The precious Soul hath taken flight 

to Reims of Everlasting day 

and left y^ Body here confind 

to mix and dwell with fellow clay 



In Memory of MRS 

ELIZABETH wife 

of MR JAMES DORRANCE 

who died June 7*"^ 1777 in 

the 70^^ year of her age 

I hope to fing without a fob 
the Anthem ever new 

I gladly bid this dusty gloab 
and vain delights a dieu 



In Memory of JOHN 

son of MR JAMES 

and MRS ESTHER DOR 

RANCE who depar 

ted this life Aug 

Y' \3'^ A. D. 1792 

Aged one year & I \'^^^^ 

Sweetly he sleeps bene*^ 



His precious dust the 
of God 



Sacred to the 

Memory of M^ JAMES 

DORRANCE who de 

parted this Life March 

the 12 A. D. 1799 
in the 96*^ year of his 
age 

I've took my leave of time & toys 

Fond of the worlds allure 
My Soul poffessed of heavenly joys 
In Jesus rests secure. 
Although my body lies in ground 

Among my kindred clay 
Twill not be lost nor fcape being found 
At the great rifing day. 



In Memory of MR 

GEORGE DORRANCE 

Who Departed this 

Life September y*" 

22 A. D 1754 Aged 

79 years. 



In Memory of 

MR 

JOHN DORRANCE 

who died 

Nov A. D I78I 

in the 76^^ year 

of his age 



8 



In Memory of 

MRS MARGERY y- 

Wife of MR. GEORGE 

DORRANCE who 

Departed this Life 

April 24 A. D. 1754 

Aged 81 years. 



10 

Sacred to the memory of 

MRS MARGARET DORRANCE 

Conf ort of SAML DORRANCE 

Efq*^ who departed tfiis 

Life March 20*1^ 1795 in 

ye ^9th Year of her Age 

The fweet remembrance 

of the Just 

Shall flourish when they 

fleep in duft. 



12 

In 

memory 

of MRS 

DEBORAH DORRANCE 

Wife of MR ARCH» 

DORRANCE who died 

Oct I^t 1809 in 

the 44*^ year 

of her 

age 

May the fweet 

remembrance of the jaft 
Flourifh when they 
are in the duft 



This Monument is erect 

ed to the memory of 

SAMUEL DORRANCE Esq^ 

who departed this Life 

Feby 19*'^ 1788 in y« 79^^ 

Year of his Age 

Man wants but little, nor 

that little long. 
How foon mttft he refign 

his very duft 
Wliich frugal Nature lent 
but for an hour. 



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In 

Memory of 

MR ARCHIBALD DORRANCE 

who Died Oct. 3 

I8}6 

in the 60 year of 

fiis age 

Praises on tombs are trifles vainly spent. 
A man's good name is his best monument. 



13 

In 

memory 

of MISS MARTHA 

DORRANCE daug^^* of 

MR ARCH & MRS 

DEBORAH DORRANCE 

Who died Aug^* 

3^«» I8I3 in the 

I7'»> year of 

her age. 




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18 

In 

Memory of 

MEHITABLE 

widow of 

JAMES DORRANCE 

who died 

March 6, 1844 

in the &3'^ year 

of her age 



20 

In 

Memory of 

NANCY DORRANCE 

who died 

Jan, 10, 1835 

in the 72 year 

of her age. 



22 

In 

Memory of 

ALEXANDER DORRANCE 

who died 

April 18, 1840 

in the 84*'* year 

of his age. 



19 

In 

Memory of 

JAMES DORRANCE 

who died 

April 23, 1833 

in the 71®* year 

of his age. 



21 

In 

Memory of 

ELIZABETH 

wife of 

ALEXANDER DORRANCE 

who died Oct. 12, 1830 

Aged 68 years 

Behold & see as you pass by 
As you are now so once was I 

As I am now so you must be 
Prepare for death and follow me. 

23 

Sacred to the Memory of 

MRS AMA Confort of MR 

ALEXANDER DORRANCE and 

the amiable Daughter of 

CAPT. BENJAMIN BURNAM of 

Lifbon who Departed this 

Life June 25*i* 1792 in the 

33 Year of her age 

She in her youth made choice 
of Christ 
Her hufband and her friend 
She walked by faith, fhe died beloved 
And peaceful was her end. 

Cut by J Walden Windham. 



24 
In 

Memory of 

MRS ANNA 

wife of Samuel 

DORRANCE Esq 

who died 

July ^ 1832 

in her 81 year 

Blessed are the dead 
Who die in the Lord. 



25 

Sacred 

to the Memory of 

SAMUEL DORRANCE 

who Died the 3 1 ft 

of Auguft 1793 

in the 49*^ Year of his 

Age. 

From ftern integrity he never fwerv''^ 
He honore'' openly the God he ferv"^ 
To us who mourn he has example given 
And made more bright the path which leads 
to heaven. 



26 

In Memory of 

MAJOR 

GEORGE DORRANCE 

who departed this life 

Jan. \&, 1828 

in the 77**^ year 

of his age 

A lover of truth and an 
honest man. 



27 

In memory of 

MRS SUSANNA 

wife of 

MAJ GEORGE DORRANCE 

who died 

Aug. 25, 1834 

Aged 84 



28 

In 

Memory of 

JOHN G. DORRANCE 

who died 

July 26, 1 81 4 

in the 20 year 

of his age. 



29 

MEHITABLE 

Daughter of 

JAMES & MEHITABLE 

DORRANCE 

Died Oct. 16, 1872 

Aged 72 years 

Dearest Sister thou hast left os 
And thy loss we deeply feel 

But tis God who hath bereft us 
He can all our sorrows heal. 



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31 



ABRAM DORRANCE 
Died 
Atig. 13, 1859 
aged 63 yrs 

Oh Husband dear — thy name shall dwell 
In the heart that best thy love can tell 

Thy loss I mourn and deeply feel 

The wound which God alone can heal. 



SALLY T 

Widow of 

ABRAM DORRANCE 

& daughter of 

PELEG & HANNAH PLACE 

Died Nov. 3, 1 87 1 

Aged 68 years \ mo 

& 21 days 

The pains of death are past 

Labor and sorrow cease 
And life's long warfare closed at last 

Her soul is found in peace. 



32 

EPHRAIM C. 

son of 

FRINK U and 

MARY DORRANCE 

died June 28, 1836 

Aged I year. 8 mo 

& 16 days 

Weep not for me for I am blest 
And in my Saviours bosom rest. 

F. Cooley 



33 

In 

Memory of 

GEORGE 

son of 

ALEXANDER & 

ELIZABETH DORRANCE 

who died 

Aug. 30, 1834 

in the 31^* year 

of his age. 



In addition to the above there are a number of unmarked graves in this section. 
The burial plot of the Rev. SAMUEL DORRANCE, fifty feet or more south of that of his 
brothers JOHN and GEORGE, contains but three graves — his own, his first wife's, and 
that of his daughter-in-law, Mary, first wife of his son George. Nos. 34-36. 



34 

In Hopes of A Refurection to Eternal Glory 

Here lies interred y^ Body of 

y« REV SAMUEL DORRANCE 

A. M. receiv'^ y* Honors of y^ Univer 

sity at Glasgow in Scotland A. D 1709 

& licenced to preach the Gospel by 

the Prefbytery at Dumbarton A. D 

I7n was the firft ordained Mini 

fter over the firft Church of 

Christ in Volontown A. D 1723 

and continued to be thir faithful 

Pastor until A. D 1770 and 

Departed this Life November 

1 2th 1775 ^ 90 years 

All vain Endeavours You must quit 

The Price is held too high 
No Sums can purchase fuch a ^'■*°* 
That Man fhould never die. 
The Lord reigneth 

let the people tremble 
He sitteth between 
the cherubim, 

Roberts — sculptor. 



35 

In Memory 

of ELISABETH y« 

Wife of y« REVD 

SAMUEL DORRANCE 

died Sept. y^ 10 

1750 aged 45 

years. 



36 

In Memory of mrs 

MARY the beloved 

Wife of mr GEORG 

DORRANCE & only 

daughter to mr 

ROBBART & MARY 

WILSON who Died 

Feb^yy"^ 19 A. D 1765 

& in y^ 28 year of 

her age — tfiink on me 

You that pas by 

Prepare to die 



West of the REV. SAMUEL DORRANCE'S lot is the Dixon burial plot. In it 
are Nos. 37 and 38. 



37 

In Memory of MR 

JOHN DORRANCE 

Son of MR JAMES & MRS 

ELIZABETH DORRANCE who 

died March 30''^ 1777 in y« 

39*'^ year of his age. 



Adieu to 

Weep not for me 
I have Recv** 



Altho to you its out of sight. 



38 

In Memory of mrs 

AGNESS the Beloved 

Wife of mr JOHN 

DORRANCEJ"^ Who 

Departed this life 

march y^ 17 A. D. 1765 

JE 27 years 

from the Grave 
hear the Cry 

Improve time 
prepare to die 



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41 



In this silent Mansion 

is deposited the Remains 

of 

LEMUEL DORRANCE Esq. 

Who departed this earthly 

Scene April 28, 1 81 2 

in the 65*'^ Year of 

his Age 

The Sool that nobler part s«rvives 

The ruin of the Clay 
And now an Heir of Glory thrives 

In Heavens eternal day. 



Sacred to the Mem 

ory of MRS MARY 

wife of LEMUEL 

DORRANCE Efq 
who departed this life 
Nov^the 17*1^ A. D 1 78 1 

in the 28*^ year of 
her Age 

The fweet remembrance of the 

juft 
Shall f lourifh when they fleep in doft. 



42 

In 

Memory of 

MRS PRISCILLA 

Wife of 

LEMUEL DORRANCE Esq 

who Died 

Oct, 25, I84I 

Aged 88 



43 

LEMUEL 

son of 

LEMUEL and MARY 

DORRANCE 

Died June 12, 1777 



44 

Erected 

to the memory of 

MARY 

daught'^ to LEMUEL & 

MARY DORRANCE Esq 

who died 

Nov. 24, 1830 

Aged 49 years 

Blessed are the dead 
Who die in the Lord. 



45 

OLIVE 

daughter to LEMUEL 

DORRANCE Esq and M^s 

MARY his wife who 

departed this life Aug'* 

the 12 A. D 1786 

In the 9^^ year of 

her Age. 

Death is a debt to nature due 
Which I have paid & fo muft 

you. 



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47 



In memory of 

MISS OLIVE daogh^ 

to LEMUEL DORRANCE 

Esq & MRS PRISCILLA his 

wife who died May 

2°d A.D 1807 Aged 

19 years & one month 



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Number'*^ & few my years you 
Soon yours like mine shall 
number**^ be. 



48 

PALMER DORRANCE 

Died Dec. 21, 1873 

in the 69'^ year 

of his age 



50 

SALLY E. 

daughter of 

PALMER and LOUISA R. DORRANCE 

who died Sept. 4, 1837 

Aged 2 Years I Mo. 

4 Days. 



Erected 

to the 

Memory of 

SARAH S 

daugh^ of LEMUEL 

& PRISCILLA 

DORRANCE 

who died 

Sept. 26, 1833 

^37 

Friends & Physicians could not save 
Her mortal body from the grave. 



49 

LOUISA R. 

Wife of 

PALMER DORRANCE 

Died March 27, 1856 

Aged 44 years 



51 

IRA 

son of 

PALMER & LOUISA 

R. DORRANCE 

died 

Sept. 20, 1840 

Aged 6 mo & 4 Ds. 



52 

OLIVER 

son of 

PALMER & LOUISA 

R. DORRANCE 

died 

April H, 1842 

Aged 4 Ds. 



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53 

LEONARD 

Son of 

PALMER & LOUISA R. 

DORRANCE 

died May 20, 1844 

aged 6 years & 

10 months. 



54 

CHAUNCYG 

Son of 

PALMER & LOUISA R. 

DORRANCE 

died Sept. 22 

1844 

aged I year. 



55 

GEORGIA L. 

Daughter of 

PALMER & LOUISA R. 

DORRANCE 

died Sept. 14 

1845 
aged 21 days. 



56 

EDWIN DORRANCE 

Son of 

PALMER & LOUISA R. 

DORRANCE 

Died Jan. 22, 1865 

Aged 26 years & 

6 months. 



The following inscriptions in the same burial ground are those of Dorrance descendants: 



57 

MARY P. HILL 

wife of 

JOHN HILL 

& Daughter of 

ALEXANDER & ELIZABETH 

DORRANCE 

Died March 15 

1856 

Aged 57 Years. 

Erected by PALMER DORRANCE 



58 
CLARRY 

Wife of 

OLIVER GREENE 

Died 

Jan. 18, 1885 

Aged 84 yrs. 3 mos. 

26 days. 



59 

In 

Memory of 

DORRANCE KNOX 

who died 

March 16, 1855 

in the 83^*^ year 

of his age. 



60 

MARTHA 

Wife of DORRANCE KNOX 

died Aug. 2, 1845 

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61 



62 



In 

Memory of 

MISS 

MARY WOOD WORTH 

daughter of 

DOUGLASS and CHARLOTTE 

WOODWORTH 

who departed this life August 

28, 1827 in the 34 year of 

her age 



Erected 

to the 

Memory of 

HENRIETTA 

wife of 

AMOS BRANCH 

who died 

May 3, 1834 

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Released from all her cares and woes 
She rests in calm & sweet repose. 



State of Connecticut ) 



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Sterling 



Windham County J June 7, A.D., 1909. 

I hereby certify that I have carefully examined the foregoing list of the burial inscrip- 
tions of the Dorrance family taken and compiled by Mrs. Emma Finney Welch from head- 
stones in the Oneco Cemetery in said Town of Sterling, from pages I to 16 inclusive, and 
embracing the numbers from I to 62, that I have compared each item with the original inscrip- 
tions and find each of them to be a true copy of the original inscriptions. 

Attest. ORREN W. BATES. 

Town Clerk. & Registrar of Vital Statistics of the Town of Sterling, Ct. 





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Inscriptions from the Family Burial Ground of Michael Dorrance 

in Foster Township, Providence Co., R. I., on the Farm 

now Owned by Oscar D. Jencks, May 29, 1909. 



63 

MR MICHAEL 

DORRANCE son of 

JAMES & SARAH 

DORRANCE 
died Nov. 15, 1843 

in his 81®* year. 



64 

MRS JUDAH wife of 

MICHAEL DORRANCE 

and daughter of 

JONAH and MARY YOUNG 

[ died April 1857 

in the 88*** year of her age. 



65 

MARY DORRANCE 

died April 14, I8I0 

in the 5*'* year 

of her age. 



66 

SUSAN DORRANCE 

died Nov. 9, 1828 

aged 27 yrs. 



67 

THOMAS DORRANCE 

died Oct. 15, 1822 

aged 27 yrs. 



68 

CAPT. GEORGE DORRANCE 

died June 15, 1874 

in his 74*^ year. 



69 

MRS PHEBE STANTON 

wife of 

CAPT. GEORGE DORRANCE 

& 

daa. of PELEG and HANNAH 

PLACE 

died Nov. 4, 1846 

in her 45 year. 



70 

MARY A. da«. of 

CAPT. GEORGE & PHEBE S. 

DORRANCE 

who died April 16, 1853 

in her 18*'^ year 



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71 

GEORGE son of 

CAPT. GEORGE & PHEBE 

S. DORRANCE 

died May 6, 1855 

in 22^ year 



72 

LOUISA L. dau. 

of CAPT. GEORGE & 

PHEBE S. DORRANCE 

died June 25, 1859 

in Iier 17*'* year. 



73 

SARAH E. 

dau. of CAPT GEORGE 

& PHEBE S. DORRANCE 

died August 19, 1867 

aged 29 yrs 3 mo 

8-n days. 



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Inscriptions from the Gallup Cemetery. On the Road from Oneco 

to Portertown, Conn. 



74 75 

BENADAM GALLUP ELIZABETH wife of 

died March 30, 1850 BENADAM GALLUP 

in the S&^^ year who died Sept. 28, 1 810 

of his age. in her 51^* year. 



(BENADAM GALLUP and ELIZABETH DORRANCE both of Voluntown, Conn., 
were married March 31, 1785.) 



76 

MARY wife of 

BENADAM GALLUP 

Died March 23, 1858 

aged 84 yrs. 



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Inscriptions from the Cemetery at Brooklyn, Conn., South of the 
Village on the Canterbury and Norwich Road. 



77 78 

In In 

memory of memory of 

MR JAMES DORRANCE MRS ELIZABETH wife 

who died , of JAMES DORRANCE 

April \, 1825 who died 

aged 81 Oct. 23, 1826 

years. Aged 79 

years. 



79 

In memory of 

JOHN G. DORRANCE 

who died 

Aug. 12, 1825 

Aged 

47 years. 



Other descendants of JAMES and ELIZABETH (GORDON) DORRANCE of the 
name of Dorrance are buried in the Brooklyn Cemetery. 



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The Dorrance Family Burial Ground, Coventry, R. I. 



80 

SAMUEL DORRANCE (son of the Rev. Samuel Dorrance and first wife, Elizabeth 

Smith) was born Oct. 10, 1740. He married first, Alice ? before March 12, 1776, and 

settled in what is now the East Qaidneck school division, Coventry Tps., Kent Co., R. I., 

in or soon after 1 776. In \ 788 or before, he married a second wife, Elizabeth ? In a 

deed to his son-in-law, Enoch King — for "about one hundred acres to be taken off the north 
part of my farm" — dated Oct. 22, 1805, the **sd. Dorrance reserves to himself a burying 
place of land two rods square in the orchard to the northward of the dwelling house whereon 
there is several graves now to be seen." 

The land deeded to Enoch King, who married Martha Dorrance, is now owned by 
Alonzo G. Wood. The land and house in which Samuel Dorrance lived and which he left 
by will to his daughter, Elizabeth, wife of Stephen Wickes, is now owned and occupied by 
George and Mary (Andrews) Kaarmann. 

No evidence has been found that Samuel Dorrance left any sons. "Several graves," 
perhaps six or seven, are still to be seen in the old burial place — only three of which arc 
marked by stones — and but one of the three, that of Samuel Dorrance himself, bearing an 
inscription. 

"Sx Dx AG 72 
Augf 2d I8I2" 

SAMUEL DORRANCE born Oct. 10, 1740 died Aug. 2, I8I2 aged 72 years. 



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Inscriptions from the Bigalow and Hammond Cemeteries, at 

Hampton, Conn., 

Contribated by Mrs. George M. Holt (Abby C. Dorrance) Great Granddaughter of 

Samoel Dorrance & Rebecca Gordon 



81 

"Erected to the memory of MR SAMUEL DORRANCE who departed 
this life June 1, 1799 in the 60'^ year of his age." 

82 

In memory of MRS REBECCA (GORDON) DORRANCE who died 
November S** 1838 aged 95 years. 

83 
ALEXANDER DORRANCE died Oct. 27, 1 80 1 aged 34 years 

84 
REBECCA wife of ALEXANDER DORRANCE died June 16, I8I5 aged 50 yrs. 

85 

MARY L. DORRANCE wife of ALEXANDER DORRANCE JR. died Sept 9, 1849 

aged 48 yrs. (Parents of Mrs. Holt.) 

86 

"Erected to the memory of MRS SARAH wife of JAMES DORRANCE 
who died Nov. 27, 1794 in the 21^* year of her age. 

There are other descendants of SAMUEL DORRANCE and REBECCA GORDON, 
of the name of Dorrance, buried in these cemeteries. 

Dorrance inscriptions may also be found in the cemeteries at Andover, Columbia, 
Scotland, Conn., and Bristol, Penna. 



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^ERRATA. NOTES ON INSCRIPTIONS. 

Page 21. No. 4. Samuel Dorrance, born April 28, 1740; married Rebecca Gordon, Sept, 

27, f764. 
Page 22. No. 32. Ephraim C. son of Frink Uriah and Mary (Cole ) Dorrance, and grandson of 

Alexander and Elizabeth (Frink) Dorrance. 

(Note. Alexander and Elizabeth (Frink) Dorrance had a son Uzziel 
Frink, baptized at the Voltintown Presbyterian Church, July I, 1798, 
who died in infancy. Their son Frink Uriah was bom in 1802 and 
died Dec. 30, 1847 in his 46*^ year. 
Page 24. No. 81. Mr. Samuel Dorrance, son of Barnes and Elizabeth ( ) Dor- 
rance, married Rebecca Gordon, Sept. 27, 1764. See No. 4. 

(Note. Samuel Dorrance, son of George and Margery ( — ■ ^ — — -) 

Dorrance, married Margaret Trumbull, October, 1748. Their 
youngest child, Samuel Dorrance, born August 30, 1770, married 
Lucy Rudd, October 28, 1793, only daughter of Capt. William Rudd 
of Scotland Conn.) 



NOTES ON INSCRIPTIONS. 



L JAMES DORRANCE, son of James and Elizabeth ( ) Dorrance, married Esther 

Hall, April 19, 178 L 



i. JAMES DORRANCE, son of George and Margery ( ) Dorrance, married Elizabeth 

( ) and had: 

Sarah, born Aug. 28, 1733, mar. Joseph Alexander in 1759. 

Elizabeth, " Oct. 16, 1734, " Andrew (?) Knox. 

George, " Jane 25, 1736, " Alice Trumbull March 15, 1764. 

Their dau. Margaret Dorrance married the first Ashbel Welch, 
of Windham, Conn., Oct. 15, 1795. Their son, the second 
Ashbel Welch of Lambertville, New Jersey, married Mary 
Hannah Seabrook, Oct. 25, 1834. 

John, ** Feb. 18, 1738, mar. 1st, Agnes Dixon, Dec. 12, 1759; married, 

2d,Lydia( ). ^ 

Samuel, '^ April 28, 1740, mar. MAi ' & ' ai ct TuombullrCHtM 1 . 74 8. f^Oj^^a. ^OUO^enA 

James, *' April 1,1742, " Esther Hall, Aprin9, I78I. SlJAt, l^. JYC^Y' 

Mary, " Sept. 15, 1744, (Ins. No. 3). 

Margaret, " April I, 1749, '* ( ) Gordon. 

Births rec. at Voluntown — Will, Plainfield Prob. rec. Vol. X, 320. 



6. JOHN DORRANCE, son of George and Margery (— ) Dorrance. 



7. GEORGE DORRANCE — who emigrated with wife Margery ( ) and sons James, 

John, Samuel and George. Will rec. at Scituate, R. I. 



9. SAMUEL DORRANCE, Esq., son of George and Margery ( ) Dorrance, married 

Margaret Trumbull, Oct., 1748. 



I. ARCHIBALD DORRANCE, son of Samuel and Margaret (Trumbull) Dorrance, married, 
1st, Deborah Bowen, Feb. 12, 1789; married, 2d, Rhoby (— — ). 



4. MR. SAMUEL DORRANCE, son of John and Mary (— ) Dorrance, married Agnes 

Alexander, dau. of James and Mary ( ) Alexander, in 1 74 1 or 1742. 

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15. MRS. AGNESS DCRRANCE, widow of Samuel Dorrance, married, 2d, Capt. George 
Dorrance, son of George and Margery ( ) Dorrance, in or before 1751. 



17. MR. JOHN DORRANCE, who emigrated with wife Mary ( ), sons Samuel and 

James, and daughters Sarah, Ehzabeth, and Mary. fWill rec. at Scituate, R. I.) 



19. JAMES DORRANCE, son of James and Sarah ( ) Dorrance, and grandson of 

John and Mary ( ) Dorrance, married Nov. H, 1793, Mrs. MehitableiTuckerman) 

Greene, widow of John Greene (Voluntown Presb. ch. Records). (Vital rec. of R. I., 
Vol. Ill, 28 Foster.) 



20. NANCY DORRANCE, dau. of Capt. George and Agnes (Alexander) Dorrance. 



22. ALEXANDER DORRANCE, son of Capt. George and Agnes (Alexander) Dorrance, 
married, 1st, Ama (Amy) Burnham, in or before 1782; married, 2d, Elizabeth Frink, 
dau. of Uzziel Frink, November 10, 1796. 



25. SAMUEL DORRANCE, son of Samuel and Agnes (Alexander) Dorrance, married Anne 
Tully of Saybrook, Conn., November 15, 1775, daughter of William Tully, and second 
wife, Elizabeth Lay, of Lyme, Conn. 



26. MAJOR GEORGE DORRANCE, son of Capt. George and Agnes (Alexander) Dorrance, 
married Susanna Stewart. 



28. JOHN G. DORRANCE, son of James and Mehitable Dorrance. 



30. ABRAM DORRANCE, son of James and Mehitable Dorrance, married Sally T. Place, 
dau. of Peleg and Hannah Place. 

32. EPHRAIM C, son of Frink U^ ( - UgBiol Fi ' inli) and Mary (Cole) Dorrance, and grandson 
of Alexander and Elizabeth (Frink) Dorrance. 

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34. REV. SAMUEL DORRANCE, brother of John and George Dorrance, married, 1st, 
Elizabeth Smith, Aug. J, 1726; married, 2d, Madam Mary Owen, July I, 1755. He 
had by first wife: 

Gershom, born May 24, 1727, mar. Margery Cook, Nov. 10, 1749. 

John, ** July 12, 1733, unmarried. 

George, " Mar. 7, 173%, mar. 1st, Mary Wilson, Jan. 25, 1758; mar., 2d, 

Elizabeth ? Col. George Dorrance was killed in the 

massacre of Wyoming, Pa. 
Sarafana, " April 30, 1738, mar. Robert Dixon, Jan. 26, 1758. 

Samuel, " Oct. 10,1740, " 1st, Alice ( ); 2d, Elizabeth ( ). 

James, " July 30,1743, " Elizabeth Gordon. 

Lemuel, *' Nov. 28, 1746, " 1st, Mary Gordon, May H, 1772; mar., 2d, 
Priscilla Bradford, dau. of James and Zeriah (Thomas) Bradford. 
Births rec. at Voluntown. Will, Plainfield Probate Records. 



36. MARY, wife of George Dorrance (son of Rev. Samuel and Elizabeth (Smith) Dorrance. 
(Note. Ins. No. 34.) 



37. JOHN DORRANCE, son of James and Elizabeth ( — ) Dorrance. (Note. Ins. No. 4.) 



39. LEMUEL DORRANCE, son of Rev. Samuel Dorrance. (Note. Ins. No. 34.) 



48. PALMER DORRANCE, son of Alexander Dorrance and second wife, Elizabeth Frink. 
Mar., 1st, Louisa R. Place, Aug. 3, 1834; mar., 2d, Mary A. Potter, June 18, 1868. 



58. CLARRY KING, wife of Oliver Greene and dau. of Enoch and Martha (Dorrance) King. 
(Ins. No. 80.) 



61. CHARLOTTE WOODWORTH, dau. of Lemuel and Mary (Cole) Dorrance. Married 
Douglass Woodworth, Oct. 20, 1791. 



62. HENRIETTA BRANCH, dau. of Lemuel and Mary (Cole) Dorrance. 



68. CAPT. GEORGE DORRANCE, son of Michael and Judah (Young) Dorrance. 

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77. JAMES DORRANCE, son of Rev. Samuel and Elizabeth (Smithj Dorrance. Married 
Elizabeth Gordon. 



79. JOHN G. DORRANCE, son of James and Elizabeth (Gordon) Dorrance. Married 
Hannah ( ). 

vj O/l^i^JLA. OAief cfh a If Ik ( 

81. MR. SMTUEL DORRANCE, son of Samuel and Margaret (Tfumbulk Dorrance. Mar- 
ried Rebecca Gordon, Sept. 27, 1764. 



83. ALEXANDER DORRANCE, son of Samuel and Rebecca (Gordon) Dorrance. Married 
Rebecca Dixon, March 18, 1790. She mar., 2d, Isaac Fuller, May 27, 1804. 

86. DR. JAMES DORRANCE, son of Samuel and Rebecca (Gordon; Dorrance. Married, 
1st, Sarah ( ); mar., 2d, Nancy Barstow, June 13, 1802. 



REFERENCES. 

Town and Probate Records of Brooklyn, Killingly, Lebanon, Norwich, Plainfield, Voluntown 
and Windham, Conn. 

Town Records of Hampton, Preston and Sterling, Conn. 

Town and Probate Records of Coventry, Foster, Providence and Scituate, R. I. 

Records of First Presbyterian Church in Voluntown, Conn, (now known as ** The Line Presb. 
Church.") Books I, II, III, 1723-1906. 

Records of the Congregational Church at Hampton, Conn. 

Kindly send any additions or corrections to 

MRS. ASHBEL WELCH, 

426 West Stafford St., Germantown, Philadelphia. 



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